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THE NIGHT IS LARGE: COLLECTED ESSAYS 1938-1995
by Gardner, Martin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 031214380X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312143800
- Seller
-
Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with trace edge wear, light bumping to spine ends, slightly cocked spine else bright and solid. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else bright, intact and whole. ARN W.07
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- Bookseller
- JB's Book Vault
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002303
- Title
- THE NIGHT IS LARGE: COLLECTED ESSAYS 1938-1995
- Author
- Gardner, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 031214380X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312143800
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Gardner, Night, Large, Essays, Philosophy, Science, History, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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